Every game released on PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One in 2017

There’s no denying it: 2017 has been this console generation’s best year thus far, and one of the best of all time for video games.

It was also a very evenly-packed year, full of critical and commercials success stories, big and small, from start to finish. Publishers are finally starting to space out big releases, and it’s all the better for it.

We only had a few quiet weeks, but the rest of 2017 was non-stop action.

Whether your love for video games was reinvigorated by the release of the Nintendo Switch and its distinct exclusives, or you placed all your bets on big games, 2017 did not disappoint. This was also the year indie games pushed into AAA territory with titles like Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. And let’s not forget the Xbox One X console launch.

As is the case every year, there have been disappointments and blunders, but you could never say 2017 wasn’t exciting. Now that it’s drawing to a close, it’s time to revisit all those great/terrible moments through the magic of release dates.

Below you’ll find a big list of all 2017 games’ release dates. We’ve included as many of them as we could for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One. As always, these reflect Western release dates.

January

January started strong with the return of Resident Evil, sleeper hits like Yakuza 0, and smaller releases like Gravity Rush 2. The end of the month saw new DLC for Infinite Warfare, the full release of Hitman, and our first look at Conan: Exiles.

Ubisoft’s co-op online brawler For Honor made a splash in February, and we were delighted with indies like Night in the Woods, and Hollow Knight. A couple more bigger releases like Halo Wars 2, and the first beta for Ghost Recon: Wildlands also dropped during the same month.

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series – A New Frontier season pass retail (PS4, Xbox One) – February 28

March

Nintendo claimed March thanks to the launch of the Switch, and Zelda: Breath of the Wild. If you couldn’t find a Switch anywhere at launch, there were other big releases to get excited about, such as Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Nier: Automata, and the debut of PUBG on Steam.

Yooka-Laylee, one of the big Kickstarter success stories, officially came out in April. But if 3D platformers aren’t your thing, there was a whole lot more to play in Persona 5, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, the PC release of Bayonetta, Outlast 2, Dawn of War 3 and others.

April is also when several remasters of classic games came out, like PaRappa the Rapper Remastered, Voodoo Vinve Remastered, and Full Throttle Remastered.

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier – Episode 4 Thicker Than Water (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – April 25

Dragon Quest Heroes 2 (PC, PS4) – April 25 NA/April 28 EU

Puyo Puyo Tetris (PS4, Switch) – April 25 NA/ April 28 EU

What Remains of Edith Finch (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – April 25

Dawn of War 3 (PC) – April 27

Prey demo (PS4, Xbox One) – April 27

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) – April 28

Constructor (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – April 28

Little Nightmares (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – April 28

May

May is when things started to quiet down a bit, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t anything to play. Some highlights include the return of Prey, The Surge, Strafe, and DLCs for Nioh and Forza Horizon 3.

Minecraft came out on the switch, and the NBA Jam-like NBA Playgrounds was met with an unfavourable response. Later in May, we got Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, Tokyo 42, Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Rime, and Danger Zone.

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier – Episode 5 From the Gallows (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – May 30

Tokyo 42 (PC, Xbox One) – May 31

June

The E3 month was full of announcements, but not so many new releases. If you weren’t all caught up in the yearly ritual, you had exciting releases to look forward to like Tekken 7, Wipeout Collection, Dirt 4, Crash Bandicoot trilogy, and DLCs for Diablo 3 and The Elder Scrolls Online.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC 1 (Switch, Wii U) – June 30

July

The biggest release in July had to be Splatoon 2, thanks to the explosive success of the Switch. The highly anticipated Destiny 2 beta took place in July, too, over two different weekends.

Fire Pro Wresting fans were happy to see the release of Fire Pro Wresting World on Steam, as were fans of Supergiant Games with the release of Pyre. Fortnite also debuted in July, before the whole Battle Royale thing kicked off.

Betas continued throughout August, with Call of Duty: WW2 being the highlight. That’s not to say there weren’t any games. Big releases like Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Absolver, Yakuza Kiwami, Nidhogg 2, and Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle all generated a lot of buzz.

Indie shooter LawBreakers came out in August, alongside a new chapter in the Life is Strange saga. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen came out to remind everyone why they love the series.

September is typically the sports games month, paving the way for the – much busier – rest of the year. And there was a lot of sports games. NBA Live 18, FIFA 18, PES 2018, and NBA 2K18 all came out in September.

The Destiny series continued its September dominance with the release of Destiny 2, but there was even more big-ticket PC releases in the same month such as Total War: Warhammer 2, and Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Life is Strange: Before the Storm – Episode Two (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – October 19

Syberia (Switch) – October 20

Fire Emblem Warriors (New 3DS, Switch) – October 20 EU

Destiny 2 (PC) – October 24

The Mummy Demastered (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – October 24

Road Rage (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – October 24

Chaos; Child (PS4, Vita) – October 24

Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon (PS4, PC, Switch) – October 24

Assassin’s Creed: Origins (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – October 27

Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) – October 27

Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – October 27

Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back (PC, PS4) – October 31

Monopoly (Switch) – October 31

November

The train of big games continued in November with Call of Duty: WW2, Need for Speed Payback, Star Wars: Battlefront 2, and Pokemon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon.

Then there was the worldwide launch of the Xbox One X, which was off to a solid start. Nioh, and Injustice 2 came out on PC, and the newly-independent IO interactive released its first game: Hitman: Game of the Year Edition.

The Switch got a bit of love, too, thanks to the release of Doom, Rime, and Rocket League.

2017 came to a close with a few interesting – but not very exciting – releases like Doom VFR, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and Destiny 2’s first expansion, Curse of Osiris. More expansions also came out in December. A Walk in the Park for The Surge, and Turning Tides for Battlefield 1.

The second half of December was the quietest, but PUBG managed to squeeze in the release of the Xbox One version, as well as version 1.0 on PC.